U20 French Side Announce Preparation Schedule

09.05.2006

French U20 Coach Philippe Ory will begin his preparations for the European Championship on 5th June. Ory's first task will be to narrow down the number of national team candidates from 24 to 16 for the European Championship which will take place 14-23 July in Izmir, Turkey.

Due to the fact that some players are still to finishing the season with their club sides, 16 players will be called to the first camp in Vittel on 5th June.

Orly will select 8 of those players to remain in the camp, and they will be joined on 8th June by a further 8 players.

French U20 Squad (Players to meet on 5th June)

Name

Born

Height

Position

Club

AKA Jonathan

86

2.03

Center

Pau Orthez

BACH Jason

87

1.98

Forward

Strasbourg IG

BARRAT Julien

86

2.02

Center

Hyères-Toulon VB

BLANQUE Thibaut

86

2.03

Forward

SPO Rouen

CAUSEUR Fabien

87

1.90

Guard

STB Le Havre

CEL Aaron

87

2.04

Center

Le Mans SB

DE COLO Nando

87

1.92

Guard/Forward

Cholet Basket

DUPORT Romain

86

2.10

Center

STB Le Havre

FLORIMONT Garry

87

2.00

Center

Cholet Basket

IPOUCK Michel

86

1.98

Center

Union Poitiers Basket 86 (N1)

KOLB Olivier

87

2.05

Center

JDA Dijon

LELOUP Jérémy

87

1.97

Forward

Le Mans SB

LOMBAHE KAHUDI Charles

86

1.98

Forward

Cholet Basket

PARKER Pierre

86

1.91

Guard

Loyola Chicago (NCAA)

PLATEAU Étienne

86

1.87

Guard

JDA Dijon

TACCOEN Nicolas

86

2.02

Center

BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque

Players to arrive on 8th June

Name

Born

Height

Position

Club

AKA Jonathan

86

2.03

Center

Pau Orthez

BESTRON Julien

86

2.04

Center

Angers BC (Pro B)

CISSE Souarata

86

1.96

Forward

EB Pau-Orthez

CURTI Aldo

87

1.87

Guard

STB Le Havre

GILLET Benoît

86

1.92

Guard

Reims CB

MOKONGO Mickaël

86

1.78

Guard

Chalon-sur-Saône

PELLIN Marc-Antoine

87

1.69

Guard

Chorale Roanne

SALMON Aurélien

87

2.02

Center

SLUC Nancy

SENE Guillaume

86

1.96

Forward

Angers BC (Pro B)

Schedule

5-15 June: Training camp in Vittel19-24 June: Training camp with Turkey in Temple-sur-Lot24-27 June: Training camp with French U18 team in Arles-sur-Tech28-29 June: Training camp in Temple-sur-Lot30 June - 2 July: International Tournament with Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary in Auch8-10 July: International tournament in San Giorgo (Italy)